Recent Content by lish_26

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    Denied freestyle libre on NHS

    My blood sugars fluctuate a lot when I'm asleep sometimes, not always. This past week i had been spiking between 1 and 5am. No food onboard. My sensor expired so I tested before bed, 5.5. Then at 1am I woke up and it was 11 so I corrected. Then at 6am it was 18. Without the libre I don't know...
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    Denied freestyle libre on NHS

    Me too. It's giving me a lot of stress to be honest. I'm without a sensor at the minute and feel totally lost. Even using the DAFNE principles I still feel like I'm missing part of the puzzle. My problem time is through the night when I'm asleep and unless I set a hourly alarm through the night...
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    Denied freestyle libre on NHS

    County Durham [emoji5]
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    Denied freestyle libre on NHS

    Thanks so much for getting in touch and sharing your experiences too. I think we are very much in the same boat, I've just tried to private message you but it won't let me for some reason?
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    Travelling the world with T1 Diabetes

    So glad I joined the forum today and came across this post! Just had a quick scan through your blog as I am also a type 1 who loves to travel and have just been granted my 1 year working holiday visa for Australia. Will definitely need to pick your brains about this [emoji5]
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    Denied freestyle libre on NHS

    New to the forum and looking for some support. I've just got off the phone from my diabetes nurse after yet another day of chasing people for a decision on prescribing the freestyle libre. A bit of background, I am a 27 year old woman and have really been trying hard to manage my diabetes this...